Thomas Sloman, 43, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, actively solicited for indecent images online and arranged to view abuse in the Philippines over the internet

A 'devoted' father-of-two who live-streamed grotesque footage of children being sexually abused and tortured abroad has been jailed for 11 years.

Thomas Sloman, 43, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, actively solicited for indecent images online and arranged to view abuse in the Philippines over the internet.

Chat logs showed that he had specifically requested to see girls as young as four or five being sexually abused.

Sloman was described at Winchester Crown Court as a 'devoted' and 'loving' father who lived a double life.

Around 12,000 indecent images were found on his computer and electronic devices, including more than 2,000 classed as category A, indicating the worst forms of abuse.

Sloman tried to claim his computer had been hacked, but was convicted of 19 counts relating to making thousands of indecent images of children, and attempting to commission sexual offences against children.

The father-of-two, whose wife is Filipino, had visited the Philippines on a number of occasions, and chat room records showed he referred to repeatedly raping a young girl.